Canada and Three Others File Suit Against Iran for Downing Ukrainian Plane  

Four years after 176 people were killed after Iran shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane, several countries filed a dispute with the International Civil Aviation Agency (ICAO). Canada, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, and Sweden have jointly submitted a complaint aiming to hold the Islamic Republic responsible for the “unlawful downing” of the Ukrainian passenger airliner.

The Ukraine International Airlines Flight was shot down in January 2020, just minutes after takeoff from the Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) in Tehran, killing 176 people on board. The majority of the dead were citizens from the four countries, which created a coordination group and tried to hold Iran accountable.